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MIRANDA: I done took pills like—um—five—six different times. I was just depressed—I was tired—what the fuck is up with living—if god—what the hell—god supposedly—wants us to be happy and take care of us—then what the hell—he can work miracles—he can do anything—where the hell he at?—why the hell he ain’t helping me?—so it’s like obviously—I guess he’s not there. Like now—I know he’s there, but I have no faith in him at all. I have no faith in God. And it’s just like whatever. Fuck life and—um—what’s the reason of livin’?
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Davis, C.P. (2017). Introduction. In: Girls and Juvenile Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42845-1_1
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